Following the murder of a young investigative journalist in France, Luc Hansen, an agent of the shadowy DER, the European Union's security and intelligence directorate, uncovers a massive fraud and arms-smuggling operation orchestrated from within the heart of the European Commission in Brussels. As Luc races to close down the arms route, his investigation is endangered and the life of his partner, Joanna Donnelly, threatened by the existence of a 'mole' high inside the DER itself.